"ჟამი შეკრებად ქუათა“ (თეიმურაზ დოიაშვილის თხზულებათა ხუთტომეულის გამოცემის გამო)
„A Time to Gather Stones“ (About the Publication of Teimuraz Doiashvili's Five-Volume Works)

Summary/Abstract: Teimuraz Doiashvili is well known for both the scientific-literary community and a wide circle of readers. His diverse areas of interest include literary history and theory, versification, galaktionology, and criticism. Doiashvili's research, letters, and monographs are collected in a comprehensive five-volume set. This article provides an analysis of this five-volume collection. The first volume of works includes essays, reviews, and polemical articles dedicated to issues in the history of Georgian literature. These pieces are distinguished not only by their solutions to various topics but also by the novelty of their questions. In these writings, which address problems in the history of Georgian literature, the works of our classics (Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Ilia Chavchavadze, Akaki Tsereteli, and others) are analyzed not only in terms of the development of national literature but also in the context of European philosophical and theoretical literary thought. These works exemplify complex literary research, as the author does not limit himself to any single methodology but employs various research methods synchronously, according to the specifics of each research issue. In the last twenty years, Teimuraz Doiashvili has focused extensively on galactionological research. The second volume of his works brings together various scientific studies dedicated to the creativity of Galaktion Tabidze. Each article within this volume contains one or more significant galactionological discoveries. While these discoveries vary in scale, each is of such quality that future galactionologists cannot afford to ignore them. These publications serve as a reliable and noteworthy reference point for researchers aiming to study Galaktion's work in depth. Teimuraz Doiashvili is a specialist in versification with a precise focus on poetry composition. He has authored works on the poetry of Teimuraz Permiri, Archili, Davit Guramishvili, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Ilia Chavchavadze, VazhaPshavela, and Galaktion Tabidze. Additionally, he has written two monographs: "Euphonia of Poetry" and "Anjambemani." The versification studies included in the third volume of his writings span over fifty years of scholarly work. Teimuraz Doiashvili's contribution to Georgian literary criticism is significant. Coming from a scientific background, he exemplified the importance of thorough theoretical preparation for a critic to become a professional in the field. The fourth volume of his writings collects letters aimed at analyzing current literary processes. Doiashvili is not only a practicing critic but is also deeply interested in the challenges and tasks facing literary criticism. The last part of the fourth volume includes the author's interviews and responses to literary questionnaires, where he shares noteworthy opinions on the current literary process, Georgian criticism, and the issues confronting theoretical-literary thought. The fifth and final volume of Teimuraz Doiashvili's works opens with the book "Galaktion Uncensored." It is no coincidence that 150 unusual stories about the genius poet were not included in the special volume on galaktionology but were instead printed alongside texts the author describes as amusing literary studies. This volume also features Doiashvili's critical monograph "Tarieli's Will," Chanturological studies, and two pamphlets: "I am Sometimes Given a Rhyme Like Judas" and "And I Stand Before You with a Title." These publications address the crisis situation in modern Georgian literature. The five-volume collection of Teimuraz Doiashvili's works is a valuable asset for Georgian philology and the humanities in general. The research, letters, and essays presented here are important not only as literary documents reflecting their time but also for addressing several problematic issues in modern Georgian literary studies. Doiashvili's works and articles serve as a tangible example of the responsibility required when writing about literature.

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